You can Sneak Attack with a spell if that spell involves making an attack with a finesse or ranged weapon.
Does shocking grasp work with sneak attack?
it procs when you hit with an attack that uses a ranged or finesse weapon, so spell attacks won’t work. But even then, shocking grasp with sneak attack might be a bit strong. Its already a scaling spell with player level. Add the scaling sneak attack to that and it gets quite a bit stronger at higher lvls.
Can an arcane trickster sneak attack with spells?
At 10th level, an arcane trickster can add her sneak attack damage to any spell that deals damage, if the targets are flat-footed. This additional damage only applies to spells that deal hit point damage, and the additional damage is of the same type as the spell. This damage is only applied once per spell.
Do spells trigger sneak attack 5e?
Spells cannot be used for sneak attacks…. Once per turn, you can deal extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.
Can you use sneak attack with booming blade?
Can you sneak attack with a booming blade at D&D 5E? Yes. When you cast booming blade, you are making a melee strike. As part of this action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon.
Can you sneak attack with fireball?
If the spell could be targeted, like a bolt or missile, then yes. The rouge can use his knowledge to target weak points and get some extra damage. However, if it’s some kind of AoE damage like fireball, I’d say no.
Can you make a sneak attack with spells?
You could invent a Spell Sniper feat or something. Agreed — it’s not allowed RAW. My sense is that it’s the scaling dice of the attack spells that make it a problem — that if the ray only ever did one die damage, there wouldn’t be a problem.
Can a sneak attack be more powerful than a normal attack?
Powerful, yes, and definitely always wanted over a normal attack, but not overpowered, since it’s only one attack. As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell’s range, otherwise the spell fails. Just go Full Roleplay!
How do you get two sneak attacks in one round?
Getting two Sneak Attacks in one round always requires spending resources (e.g. the Haste spell, Battle Master’s Commander’s Strike maneuver) or meeting specific criteria (e.g. the reaction from the Sentinel feat) and always uses up your reaction. It doesn’t break anything.
Can You sneak attack with a magic stone?
Because I’m not 100% that you cannot sneak attack with Magic Stone. Casting an enchanted stone from a sling, you very clearly are making a “ranged spell attack,” not a “ranged weapon attack,” because the spell’s text says so.
